Subject: Porn in spouse overcome thru fasting? |
Bible Note: Bandaid, dear sister, I can not express how sorry I am that my posts have been interpreted in such a way. It is hard for me to get my true feelings across on such an electronic format. Please believe, that my only intention is to serve, and not offend. In serving others through serving the Lord, I have realized that a true servant's reward comes only when the other person is blessed. That has always been my intention, and to read it any other way is to block any benefit that may otherwise be received I have been down some paths that are parallel to some struggles you are facing, and am familiar with mental illness. I have been arrested and jailed for situations that were due to a believer who refused to stop tampering with the prescribed dosage of her seratonin-reuptake-inhibitors ( psyche-meds) Thankfully the charges were dropped due to the Holy Spirit speaking through me during the trial. To God be the glory! I have also suffered from addictive behaviors during my decades of apostasy and rebellion. If I were to mention some habitual behaviors, there are people that would say these were more destructive than any they have ever known. I am not trying to blow my horn here, I actually am only breathing today by the grace of God and the hedge of protection that He placed over me, as well as the expertise of the EMT's who attended to me on a flight for life helicopter dispatched to a rural location before sunrise one Sunday morning as I laid alone. Yet I remained in denial and actually got worse in my behaviors. All of that to get to this: It was 15 long years after that incident while ignoring the pleadings of Christian family members that I realized I needed to look towards the resources of God to introduce any type of lasting change in my life and they have consistently proven to be sufficient. After my conversion to Jesus, and accepting Him as the Lord and Savior of my life, He has made possible my transformation by making God's divine power available to me. Here are some notes I kept, that I turn to in times of need: God's Spirit is within me (Rom 8:9; Jhn 14:16-17), Always available to teach me God's truths (1Cor 2:10-13; John 14:26, 16:13). God's Spirit will strengthen me (Rom 8:11) and intercede for me (8:26-27) God will help me discern between good and evil (1Jhn 2:18-27) and develop character (Gal 5:16-17, 5:22-23) His Word is sufficient to change me completely (1Thes 2:13; Heb 4:12; 2Pet 1:2-4). His Word is able to counsel me in any situation (2Tim 3:16-17), and gives me hope (Rom 15:4). Instead of relying on the wisdom of this world -which is foolish (1Cor 3:19) and inadequate (Isa 55:8-9), I can have God's wisdom (Jas 1:5), strength (Eph 6:10; 2Thes 3:3; 1Jhn 4:4), and sufficiency (Phil 4:19; 2Cor 9:8-10) in every circumstance (1Cor 10:13; Phlp 4:11-13). The Lord Jesus Christ will remain with me (Mat 28:20; Heb 13:5) to sustain me (Jhn 15:1-11) and care for me (Jhn 10:27-29; Eph 5:29) Jesus is and will always be my defender (1Jhn 2:1), and He will always intercede to God our Father on my behalf (Rom 8:34; Heb 7:25) May he turn all your sorrows to joy, keliy |